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Who will replace George Osborne?

William Hague appears to be the early favourite, but I can help but think that the Tory party need an heavy weight who knows his brief, Kenneth Clarke springs to mind. Who do you think should be the...

Famous5

Share prices

If share prices are dropping due to panic selling, who is buying them? Will we wake up one day and find that the whole world is owned by a multinational conglomerate or one person

gulliver1

iceland banks

is it illegal for these english councils to have accounts in Iceland, are they classed off shore accounts, and are they exempt from english tax on the high interest earned.

jenniprice

Love or my life or London???

I am 23 and madly in Love. I have been with my partner for over 4 years and love him to bits. One day I want to marry him and know he feels the same way. However I've alwasy wanted to move to...

David H

Indian city names

Is it true nearly everyone in India still uses the old names for cities like Bombay and Madras while the BBC insists we must use the new ones? If so why don't they tell is it's OK not to as well?

annie0000

Made of v's Made from

I always thought that the correct term is to say that something is made from something. e.g. the jumper was "made from" wool. Increasingly though it seems to be that everyone says "made of" instead....

ralf555

no mot???

i was stopped last night by a police man. he said i was driving a bit fast. i sed "oh i didnt realise". nufin more was said about the speed. he then asked alot of questions and was...

sleepyj

you tube biker

http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Speeding-YouT ube-biker-jailed-216258134.html what a tw@t !!!

Mani Hussain

Sarkozy, Football and National Anthem's

A football match between France and Tunisa last Tuesday, saw the French national anthem heavily jeered by Tunisian fans. There is obviously some bad feeling between the nations due to Tunisia being a...

anotheoldgit

Could it be true?

Married for 22 years, could the saying "treat them mean, keen them keen" be true? http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/rea l_life/article1825604.ece

R1Geezer

Question time....."Islamaphobia"

Why do they never give the obvious answer? When the Muslim guy moaned about "Islamaphobia at fever pitch" and Stoke voters electing 9 BNP candidates, why did no one give the correct answer rather than...

evedawn

Another regarding BENEFITS

Folowing on from a previous post What criteria are needed for a young person (age19) who would like council / housing association acommodation? He is working but earning minimum wage. PS - this is NOT...

helpmetoo

mc broon multiple clips on panorama

prudence mc broon stock phrase since labour unfortunately got their power....... 'no return to boom and bust' he and his darling will no doubt declare that this is no 'bust' situation and that their...

jake-the-peg

Time for Osbourne to go?

What qualifies this man to be chancellor of the exchequer? His degree in History? The fact that he was a member of the same upper class dining club at Oxford as Cameron? Even the Telegraph commenators...

R1Geezer

Markets still getting batterred......

Most of the world seems to have adopted Brown's approach to the financial crisis, so why are the markets not recovering? I think the plan is sound, it should be working.

enigma

Smoke machine for home party

I am looking to buy a smoke machine for a Halloween party for my kids and their friends but wondered, will it set off my smoke detectors? I wouldn't have thought so but have been given conflicting...

FIRESTAR

can a dvd burned on a pc be played on a mac

i have burned a dvd on my pc for a friend, but he has a mac,...'compatibility' is my question- is there a device or a code he needs to download to play the dvd on his mac, he says he gets stuttering...

sandmaster

Taxis & Bus Lanes

Why are taxis allowed to use bus lanes? I commute by bus - no car journey. If I used my car there would be two car journeys - home to work and back. If I ordered a taxi there would be: from base to my...

andy-hughes

Question Time

Myself and the present Mrs Hughes are going to be in the audience on 'Question Time' tonight - not sure if we will be called on to ask our questions, I'll let you know tomorrow. For those who don;t...

justasking

Administrations fees on a loan?

Hi, i have been offered an unsecure loan for ?800 but they have said i have to pay an administration fee of ?38 before i can get the loan, and i cannot pay this fee out of the loan, i have to pay it...

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